Weatherday: Attack on The Gathering Place

Storm Barra at 5.30am today (Windfinder.com).

Storm Barra will bring widespread mean speeds of 50-65km/h in the yellow alert area, which includes County Kildare, and gusts of 90-110km/h are likely. Heavy rain will also bring risks of surface flooding. Disruption to power and travel are likely.

Locally, the heaviest bursts of rain are expected through breakfast time, and from late afternoon ran will become persistent and heavier through into early Wednesday morning. Temperatures up to 8deg.

On this day in 1941, Japan opened war with the United States in an attack on Pearl Harbour on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, also known as The Gathering Place.

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